American Medical Massage Association (AMMA)

Overview:

Profession(s): Massage Therapy
Member Type(s): Medical Massage Therapists
Scope: National - United States
Formed: 1998
Members: 5,761
Address: 1845 Lakeshore Drive, Suite 7, Muskegon, Michigan, 49441, USA
Phone: 888-375-7245
Email: info@americanmedicalmassage.com
Website: www.americanmedicalmassage.com

Description:

The American Medical Massage Association was specifically created to represent the medical massage therapist. Our primary goal is to assist medical massage therapists in the growth, image and protection of the medical massage profession. The AMMA seeks to promote Medical Massage Therapy as an allied health care profession and to differentiate it from other forms of massage. This goal is achieved through professional standards, education, and testing.

As opportunities in the allied health field develop, the AMMA wants to ensure that patients receive safe and scientific methods of therapy. It is imperative that laws and policies regulating massage therapy set the highest standards of education and health care.

Mission/Aims:

To promote Medical Massage Training within the allied health industry by establishing professional programs for education and examination.

Principal Activities:

Education and Training
Continuing Education Programs
National Board Certification
Research
Legislative and Governmental Affairs

Member Benefits:

Professional Credentials
Educational Training in State Licensed Training Programs
Liability Insurance
Profession Development and Consulting Services

Training/Licensing/Certification:

The AMMA is a state licensed post secondary school and offers state approved massage therapy educational programs. The AMMA offers national board certification through one of its psychometrically validated exam instruments.

Affiliations:

Associations to which we are a member:
American Manual Medicine Association (AMMA)
National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA)
International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)

Our member Associations, Chapters, Divisions:
The AMMA has state affiliate members across the USA.

Partner Associations:
National Governing Council Health Education Partnership

Verification Criteria:

Graduate of an approved AMMA training center or model school.
Nationally board certified by the AMMA.
Certified, registered or licensed through a state or national process.

Additional Information:

In keeping with its educational mission the AMMA greatly accelerated and expanded its production of educational materials and now has numerous manuals, CD's, and DVD's available to its members on subjects related to medical massage, acupuncture, and alternative and complimentary medicine. The AMMA how has over forty educational products available.